Legal Opinion
Boomsma v. Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 21, 2002No. NonePublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR, Circuit Judge.
[¶ 1.] Julie and Erica Boomsma sustained injuries while driving through the town of Wolsey, South Dakota. Their car struck a flatbed railway car owned and operated by Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Corporation. A jury awarded $1,081,655.28 for total damages resulting from this accident. 1 Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad appeals. We affirm.
FACTS
[¶ 2.] Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Corporation (DM & E) owns railroad tracks that cross Highway 281/14 through the northern edge of Wolsey, South Dakota. At the intersection, the tracks run east and west…
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